Have you or any of your friends or family had COVID-19 (or one of its variants)?

[Anonymous]

A - I don’t want to say — just show me the polling results

B - No

C - Yes — I have had COVID

D - Yes — a FRIEND of mine has had COVID

E - Yes — a FAMILY member of mine has had COVID

F - Yes — 2 of C, D, E are true

G - Yes — All 3 of C, D, E are true

Updates

+1 y

Please consider voting option D — “a FRIEND of mine has had COVID” — to also include a FRIEND’S FAMILY MEMBER.

Updates

+1 y

For those who have provided an opinion, please also cast a vote in the poll.

[jahaims]

Had it twice, wife ones, each kid once, parents and siblings had it and lost an older relative to it.

[jahaims]

Once*

[Asker]

So sorry about you losing a family member.

You’ve had it twice—wow…did your body react the same or differently to getting it each time?

[jahaims]

No, first time I almost died and the second time I had the shits and a low fever. Family members was a cousins mother in law so I wasn't too close with her.

[Asker]

Almost died—holy cow!…on a ventilator/in the Intensive Care Unit?

Did you vote F?

[jahaims]

It was at the very beginning. Ventilators were actually killing people they stopped those pretty quick. The hospital wouldn't take me unless I was coughing up a certain amount of blood. It was like a tsp or tbs I don't remember the amount. Just stayed in master bedroom doing self care.

[Asker]

Close to death but never admitted to the hospital—wow.

How long were you in terrible shape (medically) because of it?

[jahaims]

Like close to death? Probably 6 days, then pretty sick for like another 10. My cardio was permanently affected. The second time it fucked up my taste and smell and when it came back stuff tastes different. I enjoyed whiskey with a splash of coke every so often. Now coke just taste like cleaner. It made some other stuff taste bad as well.

[Asker]

Severely ill for 2+ weeks, and still have long term taste impacts—that sucks…
But other than that, are you ok—with respect to respiratory & other body functions?

[jahaims]

My cardio still hasn't returned to normal. I am also unvaccinated and don't plan to get one based on the science I've seen. I would have glady got a vaccine if it were available before I had it twice. I think the proof is in the pudding. When I had it a second time it was much more mild due to be having antibodies. I had it about 9 months apart.

[Asker]

Ok. Wishing you well from here on.

[jahaims]

Thanks. Appreciate the dialogue

[Asker]

You’re welcome.
Did you vote F?

[jahaims]

Didn't vote

[Asker]

Don’t like to vote in polls as a rule?

[jahaims]

Just didn't feel like it. No rhyme or reason really

[boggboss]

Yesh I got it in the first batch friends mum died from it

[Asker]

Oh I’m sorry to hear that.
Was it a long or short struggle?
You can vote F in the poll if you’d like to.

[boggboss]

So I had it bad for about 4-5 days fever and delirious but managed to recover with about 6 moths of finding it harder then normal to breath but feel 100 again

[Asker]

6 months of difficult breathing, huh?
How long was your friend’s mom’s struggle?

[boggboss]

Yeah I have asma anyway so it just made it harder to breath my friends mum passed within 3 weeks

[Asker]

O I C
3 weeks—ok, fairly quickly. But still sad.

[boggboss]

Yeah it was really sad but its life unfortunately

[D_Bone_Steak]

My wife had it about 3 times (yes she had all the shots) and a few friends have had it.

We're all connected to the military and got vaccinations like crazy. I may of had it, but the usual hangover is more noticeable. From my understanding, is it only fucks up the weak, obese, or immune compromised for some reason.

[Asker]

She’s had it 3 times—wow!
Do you have kids? (I guess not, or if so then one got it?)

[Asker]

* or if so then NO one got it

[D_Bone_Steak]

2 kids... don't think they got it at all.

[D_Bone_Steak]

Work environment is how the wife just keeps getting exposed to it.

[Asker]

Ok.
What’s makes her work environment more conducive to her catching things from others?

[D_Bone_Steak]

Being stuck on as ship with 5,000 people with constant face to face contact. I mean, just look up the sleeping conditions in the Navy and you'll start to understand.

[Asker]

Oh so she’s a sailor, huh? Ok.
I know that that’s nothing like she has a “cabin” all to herself on a cruise ship. Lol.

[D_Bone_Steak]

Yeah I used to be a sailor and know it sucks. We're packed like sardines 3 high in long rows of racks (beds). Basically, you can smell everybody's farts.

[Asker]

Oh man, wow.
Thanks for you & your wife serving our country.

[Carolmille]

Yes. My brother had some trouble breathing last year. Went in for scans and stuff, was told he had to do a covid test. He tested positive. But his symptoms weren’t really that of covid. He had to go to surgery as his lungs was actually filling with water.

I have had friends of friends test positive too. An older distant relative died of covid too.

[Asker]

Sorry about your relative.

How was your brother post-surgery and how is he now?

And how did you vote—E?

[Carolmille]

Must have been an error. Didn’t vote at all. My brother is doing fine now. I’m grateful for that.

[Asker]

Ok glad that he is well now.
You haven’t voted yet—ok; you still can, please do.

[NamerOfStars]

I've had it, and a couple of family members have at least tested positive (high-cycle PCR tests don't actually mean that you have something, but few think to even ask what kind of test is being used).

[Asker]

How was your body’s reaction to it?

Will your family who tested positive have other more extensive tests done?

[NamerOfStars]

As with most people, I just minor symptoms- under normal circumstances, I would've just thought it was a cold.

And the family who caught it have likewise long since recovered; I don't know of any plans they have to go further.

[Asker]

Ok, glad it wasn’t a big deal for you & yours.

[NamerOfStars]

Me too.

[miniskirtcaley81]

We’ve all had it, my hubby and I are quadruple vaxed and our daughter is triple vaxed. Thank god we god the vaccine I couldn’t handle having any of us having it worse.

[Asker]

So that’s C & E
…what about D - a friend, and which answer-option letter did you select in the poll?

[miniskirtcaley81]

G yes i think everybody by this point has been affected by Covid in some capacity

[Asker]

Ok. Uh huh.

[Paris13]

Nooo, Thank God. Wearing masks and Social Distancing with No Big Ass Parties or Crowds helps. xxoo

[Paris13]

I have Vaccinated Family Members who have Friends vaccinated who did Catch it. xx

[Asker]

Ok 🤞

[Asker]

How are those friends?

[Paris13]

Very well. No hospitalizations. xx

[Asker]

Ok that is great!

[Paris13]

My Fiance's Bro Has a CoWorker Who Has it Now. xx

[SnowedIn]

I selected D. Several friends of mine have had COVID.

[Asker]

Ok. F (Friends & family) for me.

[KarinMcDonald]

A very close friend's mother died from COVID. I take it seriously!

[Asker]

Oh I’m so sorry!
Was her passing quick or drawn out?

[KarinMcDonald]

two weeks of drowning in her own fluids in her lungs.

[Asker]

Oh wow that’s terrible!

[mandyfire98]

I chose F.

A friend and a family member both had it.

[Asker]

Was it a minor thing for them?

[mandyfire98]

My Aunt, it messed up her smell and taste and it's still kind of messed up. Might be a permanent thing. My friends that got it, were pretty sick, not on a ventilator thankfully but they did get pretty sick from it. They're all better now though.

[Asker]

Oh wow. I’ve had family & friends get it but nothing too bad w them.

[annabananna]

Yes, I have had a few have it but it didn’t get too bad for them. My husband had it the worst. He said that he had bad joint pain with Covid.

[annabananna]

I did have an uncle that passed from it. He was 90 though so he was high risk.

[Asker]

So sorry about your uncle.
How did you vote in the poll—maybe E or F?

[Asker]

How did you vote in the poll?

[annabananna]

None of the options applied to me. I have not had Covid but I have had family and friends get it.

[Asker]

Your vote is F - 2 of C, D, E are true…
D - a FRIEND of mine has had COVID
E - a FAMILY member of mine has had COVID

[joeldalton]

I got covid in July 2020. My daughter got it September 2020. Most of my extended family has gotten it. A handful of friends as well.

[Asker]

Did they all fare well with COVID?

[joeldalton]

For the most part, yeah. One of my sisters landed in the hospital, but made it through.

[Asker]

Ok, good

[douride2]

I don't know of a single person that has had covid.

[Asker]

That’s great. Some family members & 1 friend has had it, with no major complications.

[Passing_by]

Yes, me, my friends and my family members have had covid. Some of us had more than once

[Asker]

Did any of these people have bad complications from getting Covid?

[Passing_by]

My mother had to be admitted in hospital and her situation went a bit serious. Fortunately, she recovered well.

[Asker]

Oh yeah? Wow. Great.

[Twalli]

Mu girlfriend's sister husband kids have/had it, but I don't know them that well.

[Asker]

Are they all doing ok with it?

[Asker]

And can you vote D?

[Asker]

…wait…

[Asker]

I see—Not your girlfriend, but your gf’s sister & sister’s family

[Twalli]

I know who they are but I have seen them once in my life, so I only know who they are because of my girlfriend talling about them. It's like if Trump was the only person I knew of who got COVID-19 I don't really know him although I did meet him once a long time ago.

[Asker]

I see.
Did your girlfriend say if they’re doing ok?

[Asker]

FYI—if you haven’t already voted:
In accordance with my Update to this question, you can vote D since your friend’s [gf’s] family member has/had COVID

[Twalli]

I voted E, because apparently my sister got it, but as nobody told me until well after the fact maybe she just thought she did. She took painkillers for months before finding out her abdominal pain was due to 30 gallstones.

[Twalli]

And from what I've heard they're fine, none of them seemed to be deathly ill. In fact if it wasn't COVID-19, it would have just been the flu or a cold.

[Asker]

Oh ok. They’re fine—great.

[Twalli]

My girlfriend and her mom got it a few weeks ago. They're both 100% fine now.

[Asker]

Ok good.
So your girlfriend got it, but you didn’t?

[Twalli]

She doesn't live with me

[Asker]

But you guys are intimate, right?

[Twalli]

When we are together. So far we haven't been together since August. Once I pass this test I have to take, she will probably spend more time here, but everyone knows I won't study if she's here and I need to study.

[Asker]

Oh ok. So you & her live far apart?

[Twalli]

No, but I don't really have an immune system and a lot of the kids where she works get sick because they're from the SSD (special school district).

[Asker]

Oh I see.

[Redstang88]

Know lots of people that got it, nothing serious

[Asker]

How did you vote in the poll—which letter?

[LegendaryIcon]

Yes, my cousin got it, twice

[Asker]

Mild symptoms each time, and recovered now?

[LegendaryIcon]

yeah

[Asker]

Ok great